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Desire (الشهوة)

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3:14 - Ali 'Imran

Verse 14

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱلۡقَنَٰطِيرِ ٱلۡمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلۡفِضَّةِ وَٱلۡخَيۡلِ ٱلۡمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ وَٱلۡحَرۡثِۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسۡنُ ٱلۡمَـَٔابِ ١٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The enjoyment of ˹worldly˺ desires—women, children,1 treasures of gold and silver, fine horses, cattle, and fertile land—has been made appealing to people. These are the pleasures of this worldly life, but with Allah is the finest destination.
89:17 - Al-Fajr

Verse 17

كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,
89:18 - Al-Fajr

Verse 18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.
89:19 - Al-Fajr

Verse 19

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,1
89:20 - Al-Fajr

Verse 20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and love wealth fervently.
4:27 - An-Nisa

Verse 27

وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيۡلًا عَظِيمٗا ٢٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And it is Allah’s Will to turn to you in grace, but those who follow their desires wish to see you deviate entirely ˹from Allah’s Way˺.
79:40 - An-Nazi'at

Verse 40

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from ˹evil˺ desires,
79:41 - An-Nazi'at

Verse 41

فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Paradise will certainly be ˹their˺ home.
19:59 - Maryam

Verse 59

۞ فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّا ٥٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But they were succeeded by generations who neglected prayer and followed their lusts and so will soon face the evil consequences.1

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The QUL exports ayah topics data as a SQLite database with the following structure:

  • topic_id: Unique identifier for the topic
  • topic_name: The English name of the topic
  • arabic_name: The Arabic name or transliteration of the topic (if available)
  • verse_key: The verse identifier in format "chapter:verse" (e.g., "2:255")
  • is_ontology: Boolean indicating if this is an ontology topic
  • is_thematic: Boolean indicating if this is a thematic topic
  • parent_topic_id: ID of the parent topic (for hierarchical organization)
  • description: Detailed description of what the topic encompasses